Carton.



A. B. CAREY.

CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1911v 1,079,394. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

ARTHUR B. CAREY, OF HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

CARTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 2, 1911.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913. Serial No. 624,629.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. CAREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cartons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cartons or collapsible boxes and packages, and more particularly to that class of cartons, boxes and receptacles which are constructed of card, card-board, and the like, and are used to contain salt, pepper, flour, washing compounds and many other such substances which are used for domestic and other purposes.

The object of theinvention is to provide a collapsible box, package or receptacle which will be arranged to permit salt, and similar substances, to be poured out in a relatively small and convenient stream.

Another object of this invention is to provide means in such a box or carton to readily control said stream, or to prevent any salt or the like coming out of the carton, when so desired.

A further object is to provide such a carton, or the like, so arranged that it will be unnecessary to mutilate its parts in any way in order to permit the contents to flow out, and to have such means, and the carton in general so arranged that the improvements therein will not raise the cost of manufacture of the article any appreciable amount although its efficiency and utility be greatly increased.

Having these general objects in view, and others which will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consists substantially in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a collapsible carton embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the carton shown in Fig. 1 with an end opened out. Fig. 3 is a view showing the tongue of the carton moved to open its orifice, and Figs. 4; and 5 show modifications of the invention.

the drawings.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings. 7 Referring in detail to the drawings, 11 1 represents the sides of an ordinary type or collapsible carton or box, preferably made of card, card-board or the like, and which has its ends formed by bending inwardly the end portions 1, 2, 3 and st, and the corresponding opposite end portions respectively, of the sides 11, and suitably fastened in position. One of these ends is adapted and arranged to be kept closed in any suitable manner,'but the other end has the portion 1, perforated and provided with a hole 10, preferably circular, near the middle of its left-hand edge, while the opposite piece 2 is adapted to be disposed directly on top of the piece 1, and is provided with a relatively large side slot 20, arranged to spread over the hole 10. The end portion 3 is then bent over and placed on top of the piece 2 and is provided with a hole 100, which is arranged to correspond and lie directly over the hole 10 in the end piece 1. The end portion 3 is also provided with a slot 30 for the reception of a tongue 44: which is cut out of the end portion 4, as is clearly shown in The end portion 4 is disposed directly on top of the portion 3.

The slots 40, on the side of the tongue 44, provide means for easily removing the tongue from its slot 30, althou 11 other convenient means can be used for the same purpose, as for instance, a short loop of string or button fastened to the tongue.

. It will be noted thatthe position of the slot 30, and the length of the tongue is such that on the insertion of the tongue into the slot the holes 10 and 100 are completely.

closed; on pulling the tongue up a short distance the holes become partially uncovered and the material inside the carton can be poured out, and if it is desired to give a larger stream or flow, the tongue is completely pulled out and the whole area of the hole exposed which permits the flow to increase.

In practice it is customary to paste the portions 1, 2, 3 and 4 together and to allow the tongue to be free to operate in and out of its slot. The pasting of these parts is for obvious reasons.

It would in some cases be advantageoit, to have either or both ends arranged for-.j;he emission of the contents of the carton but for ordinary purposes only one end so treated woel l be necessary to meet the requirements of the conditions arising.

The advantages of this type of carton or receptacle are many, as for instance, it allows salt, flour, sugar and the like, to be taken therefrom in convenient and controlled quantities; the flow or stream of the contents can be readily and easily started without turning any parts of the carton or mutilating the same in any manner, and when the desired amount of the contents of the carton has been removed the carton can be quickly and securely closed, keeping air and moisture out and providing a highly sanitary closure. As the carton is not mutilated in any manner it can be refilled and used again if so desired. \Vith all of these advantages and beneficial results the cost of manufacturing 'is practically unchanged as no additional material is required to form this improvement.

As I anticipate many modifications of my device I have added, in Figs. 4 and 5, several other forms of my invention, but I do not wish to be limited to these forms or even the number of emission holes or their shape, or in any other way except that necessitated by the prior art, as many modifications of this invention can be made Without departing from the principles thereof.

Havmg thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

A collapsible box eomprisingin combination, a piece of material formed to make a four sided package, said sides having their end portions or flaps adapted to close inand an outer portion or flap provided with a slot disposed relatively close to said hole,

a tongue adapted to engage with the last mentioned slot and project between the egress holes formed integral therewith. ARTHUR B. CAREY. Witnesses:

R. G. STREETER, Jon DICK. 

